Market with buyers happy to splash cash
If a 74% selling rate points to continued selectivity among furniture bidders, the hammer total of £534,000 achieved at Dreweatts’ (24% buyer’s premium) 275-lot Fine Furniture and Works of Art sale showed they also have money to spend – “a trend we’ve seen for a while now”, said auctioneer Ben Brown.
The total was enhanced by the trade bid of £65,000 for the pair of c.1740 (and later) marble-toppe…